Image by nasa1fan/MSFC via FlickrHaving grown up in the south and lived on the beautiful coast along the Gulf of Mexico, I am overwhelmed by the devastation that is happening because of the Deep Horizon oil spill. My heart goes out to the people whose way of life has been completely stolen from them. I believe, as many other believe, that this catastrophe could have been minimized had our government officials, agencies and politicians acted in an expedient manner. But as Rahm Emanuel has been quoted as saying, "You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." I have to wonder just what "things" he was speaking of. What are the motives for allowing this horrible tragedy and the cleanup being left to the very culprits that caused it in the first place?
Our coastal waters in the Gulf of Mexico are home to some of the most prolific sea life on the planet. To see the death of these creatures is criminal. The images of the sea birds drowning in the thick mucky oil is heartbreaking. The very methods for saving the waters are part of the killing machine. Images of whales, dolphins, turtles and other fish burned alive is almost unbearable. The Corexit that is being dispersed in the water and sprayed on land will ultimately kill everything. If you haven't seen the videos of plant life as far north as Ohio being contaminated and killed by the toxic rain that is now spreading the poison all over the nation, I will link to some of the videos here.
Scientists are now reporting that at least 1500 workers are now being treated for an illness being called the Gulf Coast Toxicity Syndrome. http://rockthetruth2.blogspot.com/2010/07/gulf-coast-toxicity-syndrome.html. Not only are people getting very ill, but the anger is swelling to a fever pitch as well. I think it's time for every concerned citizen of the United States of America to either bend over and just take it or finally force the President of the United States of America to get off the golf course, hop out of bed with BP and use every resource available to get this gusher stopped and make sure that BP pays every dime these people are losing that depend on the gulf coast for a living.
